"OK, OK, Mr. Strong and Silent! Are you sitting down? I'll wait while you sit down!"

"I'm sitting."

"You're sitting?"

"I'm sitting."

"I hope you're sitting, because this is gonna knock you out. (Pause) `I Love You to Death -- Again!' Do you love it? Tell me you love it!"

"Love what?"

"The new movie! The sequel!"

"A sequel? The first movie didn't even do that good."

"Tony, this is your Uncle Sid here! Do I know Hollywood or do I know Hollywood!"

"You know Hollywood."

"Then believe me when I tell

you, this will be the biggest thing since `Love Story!' Your wife, Frances, hires guys to shoot you. They drug you. They club you. But you're still alive, and you still love her! Are you with me so far?"

"That was the last movie."

"Right! Now she's out of prison, and you're together -- and you're still the same old Tony! Even with a bullet in your skull, you're still a ramblin' man. Can you dig it?"

"I don't think ... "

"And, can you believe it, those same spacy guys just got out of prison themselves, and Frances hires them again! Do you believe this? They shoot you again. They drug you again. They club you again! Are you with me?"

"Yeah."

"But you're the same old thick-headed Tony, and you're still alive. So now, are you ready for this?"

"Yes."

"Are you sitting down?"

"Yes."

"They put your limp body in a hot sports car, disconnect the brakes, jam down the accelerator, and set you loose in downtown Allenwood!"

"Allentown."

"But in the meantime, Frances has second thoughts and tips off the police! So there's this great chase scene as the cops are racing after you through the city, cars and people are flying, and you don't even know what's going on! Do you love it?"

"I don't know, Sid."

"Your car finally crashes through a big plate-glass window, but you're still alive! And as they're loading you into the ambulance and Frances into the police car, you open your eyes and say, `I love you to death -- again.' Will that knock their socks off, or what? You tell me, will there be a dry eye in the house?"

"Sid, I hate to burst your balloon, but she wouldn't do that stuff to me again. We love each other."